Desmostachya

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Tripogoninae
Genus: Desmostachya
Species: D. bipinnata
Name

Desmostachya (Stapf) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 632 (1900)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Stapfiola Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan.: 532 (1903), nom. superfl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco , Tunisia
Regional: Central Africa
Central African Repu, Chad, Niger
Regional: Eastern Africa
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
Regional: Western Asia
Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine
Regional: Arabian Peninsula
Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Yemen
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Southeastern Asia
Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Stapf, O. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.) (1900) Flora Capensis 7: 316.

Additional references

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Soreng, R.J., Davidse, G., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Judziewicz, E.J., Filgueiras, T.S., Morrone, O. & Komaschenko, K. [2000 onwards.] World-wide Phylogenetic Classification of Poaceae (Gramineae). Catalogue of New World Grasses, Tropicos Project 10. Website. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Desmostachya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Desmostachya. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
Tropicos.org 2013. Desmostachya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Desmostachya. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names
العربية: کرتکی
עברית: חילף
മലയാളം: ദെമൊസ്തച്യ
中文: 羽穗草属

Desmostachya is a genus of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Africa and Asia.[3]
Taxonomy

The genus Desmostachya was originally published as Eragrostis sect. Desmostachya in The Flora of British India 7: 324. 1897. Somehow two prominent botanists, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) and Otto Stapf (1857–1933), were originally each credited separately as the naming authority for the taxon (the type specimen for this section of Eragrostis being Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz.) P.Beauv., itself based on a previous species taxon, Poa cynosuroides Retz.). It is generally accepted that Eragrostis sect. Desmostachya Hook.f. is the correct name for the taxon. However, E. sect. Desmostachya Stapf is accepted as the basionym for the genus name Desmostachya. A year after it was published as a section of Eragrostis, Desmostachya was published as a genus in its own right in Flora Capensis 7: 316. 1898.[1] Two species are recognized:

Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf (commonly known variously as, Kusha grass, Kusa grass, or Darbha Grass )
Desmostachya cynosuroides Stapf ex Massey

List source :[4]

References

"Name - !Desmostachya (Stapf) Stapf". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 15, 2011. "Annotation: non Desmostachys Miers (1852) [Icacinaceae]"
Stapfolia was published in Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum 532. 1903. "Name - *Stapfiola Kuntze". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 15, 2011. "Annotation: nom. illeg. superfl.; as new name for Desmostachya (Stapf) Stapf, non Desmostachys Miers, but these two names not considered to be homonyms"
"Desmostachya (Stapf) Stapf | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
"Name - !Desmostachya (Stapf) Stapf subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 15, 2011.